Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down li…

Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Riding a horse is not a gentle hobby, to be picked up and laid down like a game of solitaire. It is a grand passion. It seizes a person whole and once it has done so, he/she will have to accept that his life will be radically changed.
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